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Appearing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, Kerber surprised 26th seed Flavia Pennetta in three sets to advance to the semifinal, where she lost against the ninth seed, and eventual champion, Samantha Stosur.

Kerber reached a career high ranking of world No. She then reached the semifinals at Osaka where she lost to eventual champion Marion Bartoli.

She finished the year as world No. She lost her semifinal match to 4th seeded Flavia Pennetta. At the Australian Open , Kerber was the 30th seed.

She reached the third round and lost to Maria Sharapova. As a result, Kerber rose to her career high singles ranking of world No. In round two, she faced Monica Niculescu and beat her too.

She then played the top seed Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals, beating her in straight sets. This set up a semifinal match against the unseeded Yanina Wickmayer which Kerber won.

She played 2nd seed Marion Bartoli in the final and claimed the title, defeating the Frenchwoman in three sets.

She then entered the Qatar Total Open where she met Sabine Lisicki again, defeating her in the first round. She lost to unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round.

Receiving a bye in the first round as the 18th seed, she defeated Sloane Stephens in her opening match, advancing to the fourth round via default over Vania King , who withdrew, and then produced another win from behind against Christina McHale.

Kerber upset eighth seed Li Na in the quarterfinals before her successful week came to an end, losing to world number one and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka.

Her ranking improved to a career high of No. In Miami, Kerber was upset in her opener against Zheng Jie. After that, she defeated third seed and former world No.

She won the title, beating the top seed and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. Germany lost the tie, however, at 3—2.

She then reached the quarterfinals of the French Open where she lost to eventual finalist Sara Errani. Kerber reached the final of the Eastbourne grass court tournament, losing to Tamira Paszek , having served for the championship at 5—3 in the deciding set and missing five match points.

In the second round, she defeated Ekaterina Makarova. She also defeated the No. In the fourth round, she won easily against the former world No.

In the quarterfinal, she beat fellow German and 15th seeded Sabine Lisicki in three sets, having been down a break in the third.

At the London Olympics , Kerber was ranked No. In the quarterfinals, Kerber beat Serena Williams for the first time, winning in straight sets.

However, she fell to Li Na in the final in three sets. She lost in the fourth round to Sara Errani. She reached the quarterfinals of the China Open , but retired against Maria Sharapova.

She exited the tournament in the round robin stage, without winning any matches. Kerber began at the Brisbane International where she was seeded 4th.

Kerber reached the fourth round of the Australian Open , making this the furthest she had ever progressed in the tournament. She was subsequently defeated by Ekaterina Makarova after struggling with a back injury.

Kerber then reached her first final of in Monterrey as the top seed. She lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets. This was immediately followed by a run to the semifinals at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix , where she fell in three sets to eventual champion Maria Sharapova.

Kerber then played the Mutua Madrid Open as the 6th seed. Kerber made an early exit from Wimbledon , where she was a semifinalist the year before, losing in three sets to Kaia Kanepi in the second round.

In her second outing there, Kerber did not advance past the round robin stage. In Sydney , Kerber made the final, only to lose to Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets.

At the Open GdF Suez in Paris, she made it to the quarterfinals before losing to eventual tournament champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Kerber played for Germany in the Fed Cup in February. Kerber then reached the final in Doha , losing to Simona Halep.

Kerber reached the final at the Aegon International , losing to Madison Keys in three sets. In the quarterfinals, she lost to Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets.

In July, Kerber participated in Stanford where she was the 3rd seed. She had a first round bye and, in her opening match, faced CoCo Vandeweghe , whom she defeated in three sets.

There she faced Serena Williams and lost despite having a lead in the first set. The following week, she played in Montreal where she was the 6th seed.

She received a first round bye again. Then she defeated Caroline Garcia before losing to the resurging Venus Williams in a tough three setter.

She then lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the third round. Kerber also lost in the third round of the US Open to unseeded year-old Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, after having defeated Ksenia Pervak and Alla Kudryavtseva in the first and second rounds respectively.

She then lost to Svitolina. The following week at the China Open , she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in round 3. Kerber did not qualify for the WTA Finals but entered the tournament as an alternate.

Kerber finished by representing Germany in the Fed Cup final. Despite losing the first set tiebreak, she avoided a second set bagel by coming back to win it 6—4.

Kerber began the season at the Brisbane International , reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Elina Svitolina in straight sets.

At the Australian Open , she suffered a first round loss to Irina-Camelia Begu , it was the first time Kerber had lost in the opening round of a Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon in At the Diamond Games , Kerber suffered a shocking straight sets loss to Francesca Schiavone in her opener.

Following the loss, Kerber dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since At Dubai , Kerber lost to Flavia Pennetta in the third round in three sets.

The following week in Doha , Kerber drew wildcard Victoria Azarenka in the first round and lost in straight sets. In March, Kerber was seeded 13th in Indian Wells and received a first round bye.

However, she fell to Sloane Stephens in her opening match. At the Miami Open , Kerber was once again the 13th seed and had a first round bye.

She overcame British player Heather Watson in the second round to face Kuznetsova but lost in three sets. At the Family Circle Cup , Kerber overcame a 4—2 third-set deficit to beat Evgeniya Rodina and then cruised past Lara Arruabarrena to reach the last eight.

Her run continued with a win over Irina-Camelia Begu in two tiebreak sets and a straight sets win over fellow German and defending champion Andrea Petkovic to advance to her first final of where she faced Madison Keys.

She fought back from a 4—1 third set deficit to win, claiming her fourth WTA title and her first since Linz in October This was her first title on clay.

Kerber then played for Germany against Russia in the semifinals of the Fed Cup. She did not play on the first day, but on the second day she beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets, with the loss of one game.

The win, however, was not enough as Germany lost in the doubles allowing Russia to advance to the final. In the second round, she beat Maria Sharapova in three sets.

She then beat Ekaterina Makarova and Madison Brengle in straight sets to reach the final where she came back from being a set down and 5—3 down in the final set to beat Caroline Wozniacki in three sets.

This was her fifth career title and saw her extend her winning streak on clay to eleven matches for the season. Kerber began her grass-court season at the Aegon Classic as the 4th seed and received a first round bye.

This marked the first time Kerber had won more than two titles in a season. Kerber began her summer hard court season at the Bank of the West Classic as the 5th seed.

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